[iJohn]

Well i was doncaster today and bought one. Really really impressed with the baby!!

[marc]

Originally Posted by cosmichobo

He says the batteries "last forever"... Can anyone confirm the typical lifespan on a wireless Mighty?

I think I'll be lucky to get a month and a half out of mine.

Originally Posted by cosmichobo

I was not a fan of the extra weight in the Mighty wireless - I loved Apple's move to the light weight tracking ball back in the mid/early 90's... But, that said, when I played with the Magic in-store... it kind of felt "right" to have the extra weight - maybe because I felt it needed weight to keep the mouse stationery while I was gesturing all over it...?

I really like the weight of the Magic Mouse. I think they got that part right. I also like the two vertical raised sections on the bottom that are the contact points for the mouse on the table. Very happy with the way it feels, just not enjoying the Bluetooth issues.

[Donnie Darko]

the next Apple moust will only be the white part that is the top of the current magic mouse.. it will be a thin, almost potato chip shape.. elegant and graceful - but here's the real prophecy thats gonna get your goat Marc..

..I reckon it'll have an inbuilt ireplacable lithium battery, like the iPhone. Designed to last 1 year, like the Nike+.

edit: P.S. I LOVE CONSUME! </derail>

[torana355]

Ive never had a wireless mouse before the Magic Mouse but these are my observations. The battery life seems to be very good as ive had the MM since launch day and it is only down to 83%. Also i have no connect/disconnect issues. I do agree that there is lag though so it would be no good for Prepress/Graphic design but is great for everyday use.

[Donnie Darko]

Originally Posted by torana355

Ive never had a wireless mouse before the Magic Mouse but these are my observations. The battery life seems to be very good as ive had the MM since launch day and it is only down to 83%. Also i have no connect/disconnect issues. I do agree that there is lag though so it would be no good for Prepress/Graphic design but is great for everyday use.

to make magic mouse scroll faster type this into terminal:

defaults write -globalDomain com.apple.mouse.scaling -float 12.0

bam!

I work in design, and it works bloody awesome now after this hack (imo)

[marc]

Originally Posted by Donnie Darko

..I reckon it'll have an inbuilt ireplacable lithium battery, like the iPhone. Designed to last 1 year, like the Nike+.

I think that might be a good thing. It'd probably work better. Maybe they could charge via USB: plug it in when it needs a charge (and keep working), unplug when it's done.

Originally Posted by Donnie Darko

edit: P.S. I LOVE CONSUME! </derail>

Don't mind a derail like that

Originally Posted by Donnie Darko

to make magic mouse scroll faster type this into terminal

Great tip!

Do you know what the default value is, so it can be reset at a later date?

EDIT: Default value is 3 (well, that's what mine is currently set to, before the change). I can confirm that I've safely changed it to 12 and back to 3 with no side effects

[Cocoanut]

I had trouble with mouse pointer lag on my Mac Pro (2006). Fixed it by changing the antenna wire to the Bluetooth module (see instructions here). Apparently the 2006 model has a mislabelled BT wire.

I have recently noticed some lag with Magic Mouse on my MacBook Pro. Not sure if it is Bluetooth reception problem or just a driver issue. However, works smoothly on my Mac Pro now since the fix.

I would LOVE a wired Magic Mouse due to me sharing my 30" Cinema Display between my Mac Pro and MacBook Pro using the Belkin Flip (see my set up here). Can't figure out a way to quickly switch a BT mouse between two computers.

Patiently waiting for some gestures to bring back Expose (side buttons) and Dashboard (centre button).

[marc]

Originally Posted by Cocoanut

Patiently waiting for some gestures to bring back Expose (side buttons) and Dashboard (centre button).

Yeah, I miss the Dashboard centre button too (I use iStat Pro and CalcBoard a lot).

[Donnie Darko]

Originally Posted by marc

Yeah, I miss the Dashboard centre button too (I use iStat Pro and CalcBoard a lot).

3-tap Middleclick on OSX for MacBook & Magic Mouse

[dotnet]

Yes, there are a few solutions to the missing middle-click (and multitouch), but I found all of them somewhat wonky. They tend to either introduce delays or confusion (mis-clicks) or are simply difficult to use. I ended up turning them off and again suffer without middle-click. Apparently there is a reason Apple held back on those features…

Cheers
Steffen.

[Silver]

I think the Magic Mouse is an improvement on the Mighty Mouse, but I have two main quibbles:

1. I'd also dearly love a wired version. My main desktop has an abundance of USB ports, and using batteries is wasteful and annoying when a cable would work just as well.

2. The lack of a configurable Command-Click. I miss being able to open new tabs with a single click.

[marc]

Magic Mouse battery at 20%. That only took about a month. Looks like I need to go out an buy some new batteries. For all Apple's environmental efforts over the last few years, this has to be a big step backwards.

Originally Posted by Silver

The lack of a configurable Command-Click. I miss being able to open new tabs with a single click.

That's working for me here. Not for you?

[Silver]

Originally Posted by marc

That's working for me here. Not for you?

Right clicking is fine, but opening a new tab requires choosing an option from the contextual menu. Likewise I can hold down the command button and then click. I want a single finger option, ie a middle mouse button.

[mitty]

Hey Marc... I wonder if you may have some other 2.4ghz device, or maybe wifi in your house that might be interfering with your bluetooth somehow? When I did the review on the Voiis Stereo Gateway, I found interfered with my Shintaro Keyboard which isn't bluetooth but does operate on the 2.4ghz spectrum. Disconnecting bluetooth solved the problem. Maybe the same thing is happening to you but in reverse, from a cordless phone or something?

[marc]

Originally Posted by Silver

Right clicking is fine, but opening a new tab requires choosing an option from the contextual menu. Likewise I can hold down the command button and then click. I want a single finger option, ie a middle mouse button.

Gotcha. Sorry, my bad. I've been using command-click here and assumed that was what you were after.

Originally Posted by mitty

I wonder if you may have some other 2.4ghz device, or maybe wifi in your house that might be interfering with your bluetooth somehow?

There's g/n wireless here, but nothing else that's cordless or Bluetooth. The lag/jumps are very subtle and only really noticeable for design work.

[Donnie Darko]

^ I used to have jumps on my old Targus bluetooth mouse, not having any problems at will with the Magic mouse (personally)

I suggest visiting the genius bar mate, get the problem diagnosed before you throw the thing through the window..

[marc]

This is going to get expensive. Just bought 4x Energizer Ultimate Lithium batteries... let's see how long they last.

[whodaman]

I have been using my magic mouse with the batteries that came with it for 23 days now. about 10 hours a day and turning it off at night. I just got the pop up warning that I am under 10% battery life.

I would love a wired version! I knew AAs would be the Achilles heel of this thing.

Imagine how much this would effect the "green rating" of my mac. over 12 sets of alkaline batteries a year going to landfill is not very green at all...

I*have said this before but why not a rechargeable lithium battery not unlike a digital camera, when you run it down you then plug in a usb cable (using the ipod cable would make sense) and you have a wired mouse whilst it charges. Now that is the kind of thinking I expect from apple.

From my quick "wiki" research the AA battery was first put into production in 1959. I find it baffling that it is being used to power apples latest gadget...

[dotnet]

Originally Posted by whodaman

From my quick "wiki" research the AA battery was first put into production in 1959. I find it baffling that it is being used to power apples latest gadget...

Oh? Does it also bother you that the base of Apple's latest gadget is made from aluminium, a metal first produced in 1825?

Cheers
Steffen.

[whodaman]

Originally Posted by dotnet

Oh? Does it also bother you that the base of Apple's latest gadget is made from aluminium, a metal first produced in 1825?

Cheers
Steffen.

Hi Steffen, Thanks for the lovely dose of sarcasm. who said its the lowest form of wit? here is some right back at you

Aluminium is an element that occurs naturally in the earths core. Im not sure of the date that it first occurred.... but 1825 seems a little recent.

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